Lyon County, Kentucky is situated in the western part of the state, near the Tennessee border. It's a rural area with a population of just under 8,000 people, and it has a long and varied history. The county is run by an elected three-member commission which makes decisions on behalf of the county citizens regarding issues such as taxation, budgeting, public safety, public works and land use. Each commissioner serves a four-year term which must be renewed every four years through elections. Voters in Lyon County take their civic duty seriously and turnout at general elections is greater than national averages. The political climate in Lyon County is generally conservative with strong support for traditional values and morals but also for progressive policies that would benefit local residents. Most candidates for local office are Republicans, although there are some Democrats who have been successful in local elections as well. There is plenty of opportunity for spirited debate on these issues during election campaigns and residents have multiple chances to make their voices heard at the polls each year.
The political climate in Lyon County, KY is very conservative.
In Lyon County, KY 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.8%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyon County, KY is very conservative.
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Kentucky is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lyon, Kentucky: r r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lyon County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $6,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)